Puerto RicanTripleta
Three-meat sandwich
Tripleta: Puerto Rico's food-truck sandwich of three meats, potato sticks and pink sauce
The tripleta is the late-night star of Puerto Rico's food trucks and roadside chinchorros, especially around Piñones and the San Juan nightlife. A soft, long pan sobao roll is stuffed with three meats: thin marinated beef steak, chicken and ham, with melted cheese, shredded cabbage, tomato, crunchy potato sticks and a ketchup-mayo pink sauce. This version contains pork (ham). It contains wheat, milk and egg. The usual mistake is piling cold meats in, which leaves the sandwich lukewarm and the cheese unmelted; griddle the meats and ham hot and close the roll on the griddle. The chicken is done at 74 °C. Chef's tip: press the closed sandwich on the griddle under a heavy pan for a minute, so the outside crisps and everything melds.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Serves
- 2
- Per serving
- 780 kcal
Ingredients
- 5 ½ oz thin beef steakin thin strips
- 5 ½ oz chicken breastsliced thinly
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 4 slices cooked ham
- 2 slices mild cheese
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 ⅛ oz white cabbagefinely shredded
- 1 tomatosliced
- 1 ⅜ oz potato sticks (crisps)
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Season 5 ½ oz thin beef steak and 5 ½ oz chicken breast with 1 tsp garlic powder, oregano and salt mix.
Step 2: Heat 1 tbsp sunflower oil on a griddle or large frying pan over a high heat. Cook the chicken for 4–5 minutes, turning, until golden and 165°F inside, and the steak for 2 minutes until browned.
6 minStep 3: Warm 4 slices cooked ham on the griddle for 30 seconds, then pile the meats in two heaps and lay 2 slices mild cheese on top to melt.
1 minStep 4: Split 2 soft long sandwich rolls and toast the cut sides on the griddle. Mix 2 tbsp ketchup and 2 tbsp mayonnaise.
Step 5: Spread the sauce inside each roll, add the meats and cheese, then 2 ⅛ oz white cabbage, 1 tomato and 1 ⅜ oz potato sticks (crisps). Close, press under a heavy pan on the griddle for 1 minute and serve hot.
1 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 780 kcal
- Protein
- 52 g
- Carbs
- 62 g
- Fat
- 35 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does tripleta take?
- About 35 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of chicken breast?
- Boneless chicken thighs, same weight (a few minutes longer).
- What can I use instead of white cabbage?
- Savoy or spring greens, same weight.
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